On X-Men... some spoilers, but nothing huge...

[empressith]

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[secretagentclaw]

Hear, hear. I agree pretty much 100 percent with you. I bought Morrison's New X-Men run in hardcover and have read it at least three times since--it's simply mind bending in its scope, tone and innate understanding of the characters. It was horribly hampered by the rotating art schedule--Quietly's a genius and is the yin to Morrison's yang, but the guy is just too damn slow for a regular monthly (how he will do on All Star Superman, I don't know, but the first issue is gorgeous). Van Scriver was good, but Igor Kordey was sloppy (and poorly inked, it seemed)--in fact, in one of the last issues of that arc with the Shiar, there were a couple pages so out of order that what should have been a splash page was broken up and separated by ads. Anyway. But even when Morrison wasn't making any sense (and "Here Comes Tomorrow" was a mess), it was still exciting and fun. If I remember right, the last issue of Morrison's run shipped the week before Claremont's new Excalibur came out--in which Magneto re-appeared in the first issue (and don't even get me started on Chuck Austen using Xorn--and his twin!--in the other x-books). Astonishing is the only X-book I've read since Morrison left, and the second half of Joss' run left me fairly cold. I've only read a smattering of House of M, and while the alternate-reality concept seems tired, the fallout--only 200 or so mutants, and the fact that a few select heroes remember the whole thing--is pretty interesting. Ah well; I pretty much solely read DC now anyway, but I will always have fond memories of New X-Men...

[empressith]

So then (and perhaps we should discuss this in another post) what do you think of Infinite Crisis?

I miss Morrison on X-Men. He was rad. He was awesome on JLA too. I'll never forgot when Batman nailed the white Martians. Or when Kyle made a huge head with a straw to drain a flooded San Diego I believe it was.

And another thing: are you reading Seven Soldiers?